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Renee Parsons Honored as One of PHOENIX magazine’s Great 48

Bob & Renee Parsons Inducted into Scottsdale Hall of Fame

Bob and Renee Parsons were honored at the 26th annual Scottsdale History Hall of Fame for making a significant impact on the greater Scottsdale area. Fellow inductees included: Former chair of the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce Ken Harder, president of the Cactus League Jeff Meyer, former Scottsdale Unified School District board member Jim Wellington and The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and restaurant of 61 years, Sugar Bowl.

The 100 Club of Arizona Receives $3.6 Million Grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation

In a press conference held at the Arizona State Capitol, Governor Doug Ducey announced a multimillion-dollar grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation. The gift will help further the organization’s mission of supporting first responders and their families who have experienced trauma and loss in the line of duty.

A $300,000 grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation to Junior Achievement of Arizona will go toward expanding the in-class curriculum and JA BizTown programming in low-income public schools. Renee Parsons participated in, and benefitted from, JA programs as a student in Michigan. She received similar financial literacy, work-readiness and entrepreneurship training as the youth benefitting from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation support today.

Recently, stars and athletes from around the country gathered in Phoenix to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Celebrity Fight Night and those recognized by the annual Humanitarian Awards. This year’s honors were presented to Quincy Jones, Dr. Abraham Lieberman, Michael Crow and Renee Parsons.

Some of the East Valley’s youngest and most vulnerable students will now have an even better shot at academic success, thanks to $200,000 grant given to Child Crisis Arizona by The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation.

For the seventh consecutive year, The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation announced they will match all donations – up to a total of $10 million – to Semper Fi Fund through the Double Down for Veterans campaign. The challenge was issued in a video address during Bob Parsons' annual Marine Corps birthday tribute. If the full $10 million match is met, it will bring the Foundation's cumulative giving to more than $51 million since 2012.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix awarded Yareli Guadalupe Martinez Medina with the Renee LaBelle Parsons Girls Leadership Award and scholarship at its “Fueling our Future” Community Breakfast. The award honors girls who have exhibited collaboration, assertiveness and empathy by providing them with a new laptop and four years of scholarship funding for up to $20,000 a year.

During a recent event with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix, Renee Parsons introduced the new Renee LaBelle Parsons Girls Leadership Award and announced the 2018 winner via video address. The award honors girls who have exhibited three key leadership qualities – collaboration, assertiveness and empathy – and provides the recipient with a new laptop and four years of scholarship funding up to $20,000 a year.

Renee Parsons Honored at 2018 Wish Ball

A congratulatory message to the Girls Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine Council for completing its long-term, $18 million capital campaign.

With the campaign complete, the organization will be able to concentrate efforts on its true mission of fostering honesty, courage, friendship and inclusion, while teaching important skills and serving girls in our community.

Three hundred future wishes will be granted to local children facing serious medical conditions thanks to the 2018 Make-A-Wish Gala. This year’s theme, “A Wish Come True,” was appropriate given the strides that were made to allow for many children to receive a wish. This year’s success was made possible in large part thanks to the continued support from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation.

Az Business and AZRE magazines Most Influential Women In Arizona for 2017

Congratulations 2017 Transformational Leaders of the Year

The Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry honored Bob and Renee Parsons as our 2017 Transformational Leaders of the Year. Their selection for this award was one of the easiest choices we’ve ever made.” – Glenn Hamer and Lisa Graham Keegan, aforaz.org